In this week's issue: Business in the wake of war, romance
in the office, a good-bye to Mr. Rogers, and more.
---Business---
A Knowledge@Wharton article ponders what effects the
post-war fate of Iraq will have on American business.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=129177
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=129177
Darwin stresses the importance of getting multiple points of
view when deciding what business technologies to buy and
deploy.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=129261
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=129261
A Fortune article explains why the rollout of WiFi Internet
access points across the country, a development sorely
needed by the tech industry, isn't going very smoothly at
all.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=129481
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=129481
According to Employment Review, with people spending more
and more time at the office, office romances are considered
to be less taboo -- though they can still have consequences.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=129533
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=129533
---Computing---
According to Technology Research News, a new software
program that can gauge the similarity of music files without
human input may prove to be an advance in many fields.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=129259
---History---
Iraq has had a chaotic and bloody history over the past 100
years, an article from Smithsonian shows.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=129306
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=129306
---Investing---
Now that the fighting in Iraq seems to be over, is it time
to get back into stocks? A Fortune article considers that
question.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=129453
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=129453
---Science---
An IEEE Spectrum article takes readers inside the U.S.
Patent & Trademark Office to answer the question, "Why are
so many patents pending?"
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=129319
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=129319
---Society & Politics---
IDB America reports on a program in Brazil that is using art
activities to rescue youths from crime and violence, the
perils of poverty.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=129284
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=129284
According to an American Prospect article, past presidents
have shown better ways to invoke God during wartime.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=129278
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=129278
A Fortune analysis of President Bush's new tax plan finds
little to like besides the elimination of double taxation of
corporate dividends.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=129543
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=129543
---Television---
A Smithsonian article remembers Fred Rogers, the beloved
longtime host of the children's TV program Mr. Rogers'
Neighborhood.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=129296
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=129296
A Fortune piece goes behind the scenes with Jeff Zucker, the
NBC exec charged with finding a replacement for the sitcom
juggernaut Friends.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=129530
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=129530
---Travel---
A Time Asia article has the low-down on traveling the world
via cargo ship. And not as a stowaway.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=129485
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=129485
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